Liftable golf club head cover

ABSTRACT

A liftable golf club head cover comprises a main body and a holding device. The main body comprises a bottom wall, a peripheral wall surrounding and extending outwardly from the bottom wall, a top wall surrounding the peripheral wall, and an open-type holding chamber defined by the bottom wall, the peripheral wall and the top wall. The top wall has an opening and a liftable lid disposed thereon. One end of the liftable lid is fixed on one end of the top wall. The holding device is coupled to one end of the main body so as to provide the advantages of holding the golf club in the golf club head cover easily and seeing the patterns and characters on the golf club head distinctly.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a liftable golf club head cover, andmore particularly to a liftable golf club head cover that has a liftablelid and an opening for easy insertion of the golf club into the golfclub head cover and distinctly seeing the patterns and characters on thegolf club head.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The golf club head covers most commonly seen on the market areintegrally made of a flexible, elastic material, and their golf clubhead covers have respective openings on respective one ends forinsertion thereinto of respective club heads. Therefore, the outsides ofthe club heads can be covered with the golf club head covers to achievethe purpose of protecting the club heads.

However, during its practical use, the foregoing golf club head coverhas the following drawbacks: (1) The opening of the golf club head coveris so small that the user must spend a certain force to attach or detachthe golf club head cover from the club head that has a certain size,causing the inconvenience in use and resulting in the probable club headdamage if it is fallen down due to unstable holding by the user. (2) Theuser is likely to take the wrong golf club since the user cannot see themark, the pattern and the name on the club head directly if the clubhead is covered by the golf club head cover, causing the inconveniencein use.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, a major object ofthe present invention is to provide a golf club head cover that allowsthe golf club to be inserted into the golf club head cover easily andallows the patterns and characters on the golf club head to be observeddistinctly.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned and other objects, the presentinvention discloses a liftable golf club head cover comprising a mainbody and a holding device.

The main body comprises a bottom wall, a peripheral wall surrounding andextending outwardly from the bottom wall, a top wall surrounding theperipheral wall, and an open-type holding chamber defined by the bottomwall, the peripheral wall and the top wall. The top wall has an openingand a liftable lid formed thereon. One end of the liftable lid is fixedon one end of the top wall.

The holding device is mounted on the main body. The holding device has asupporting portion, a gap portion gradually narrowed down from thesupporting portion toward its center, and a holding chamber definedjointly by the supporting portion and the gap portion.

According to such a structure, the conventional drawbacks can beimproved so as to provide the advantages of holding the golf club in thegolf club head cover easily and seeing the patterns and characters onthe golf club head distinctly.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

These and other features, aspects and advantages of the presentinvention will become better understood with regard to the followingdescription, appended claims, and accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is an elevational diagram showing a first preferred embodiment ofthe present invention;

FIG. 2 is an elevational view taken from another angle, showing thefirst preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an elevational diagram showing the action of holding the golfclub by the golf club head cover in accordance with the first preferredembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is an elevational diagram showing another action of holding thegolf club by the golf club head cover in accordance with the firstpreferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing the magnetically-attractedmagnetic bars in accordance with the first preferred embodiment of thepresent invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG.1; and

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a second preferred embodimentof the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a liftable golf club head cover inaccordance with a first preferred embodiment of the present invention isshown. The golf club head cover 10 comprises a main body 1 and a holdingdevice 2 disposed on one end of the main body 1.

The foregoing main body 1 comprises a bottom wall 11, a peripheral wall12 surrounding and extending outwardly from the bottom wall 11, a topwall 13 surrounding the peripheral wall 12, and an open-type holdingchamber 14 defined by the bottom wall 11, the peripheral wall 12 and thetop wall 13, wherein the top wall 13 has formed thereon an opening 131extending to a neck on one end of the main body 1 and a liftable lid 132located in a position corresponding to the opening 131. In addition, twomagnetic bars 133, 134 (shown in FIG. 5) are located on the edges of theopening 131 and the liftable lid 132, respectively. The magnetic bars133, 134 are magnetically attractable to each other. In addition, oneend of the liftable lid 132 is fixed on one end of the top wall 13, anda hand-grasp part 135 is disposed on the other end of the liftable lid132. Furthermore, the main body 1 can be made of a foam material, apolyethylene (PE) air bubble film, an ethyl vinyl acetate (EVA) plasticmaterial, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) or a thermoplastic rubber (TBR), orany combination thereof. In addition, the main body 1 can be also madeof a plastic material with elasticity and flexibility such as PU, CTC,and so forth to achieve the purpose of protecting a golf club 30, asshown in FIG. 3. Besides, the main body 1 has an integrally formedstructure or an assembled structure.

Referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 6, the holding device 2 is made of anelastic material such as a metal or a plastic material. In addition, theholding device 2 is mounted on one end of the main body 1. The holdingdevice 2 has a supporting portion 21, a gap portion 22 graduallynarrowed down from the supporting portion 21 toward its center, and aholding chamber 23 defined jointly by the supporting portion 21 and thegap portion 22. The gap portion 22 is designed for detachably holding aclub body 31 of the golf club 30 (shown in FIG. 4) so that the club body31 can be disposed on the supporting portion 21 and held in the holdingchamber 23.

Referring to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, for the purpose of using the liftablegolf club head cover in accordance with the first preferred embodimentof the present invention, the liftable lid 132 is lifted upwardly andthe golf club 30 is inserted into the holding chamber 14 via the opening131 of the main body 1. Thereafter, the club head 32 is rotated in theforward direction, and then the club body 31 of the golf club 30 ispressed into the holding device 2. Thereafter, the liftable lid 132 islowered down to allow the magnetic bars 133, 134 to magnetically attracteach other, thereby achieving the fixing purpose.

On the contrary, in case of a desire to detach the golf club head cover10 from the golf club 30, the liftable lid 132 needs to be liftedupwardly and the holding device 2 needs to be expanded outwardly so thatthe club body 31 can be separated from the holding device 2 and that thegolf club head cover 10 can be outwardly detached therefrom. As aresult, the user is enabled to see the club head 32 by hand grasping thehand-grasp part 135 and thereafter lifting the liftable lid 132upwardly. Therefore, it is very easy to attach the golf club 30 to thegolf club head cover 10 or detach the golf club head cover 10 from thegolf club 30.

Referring to FIG. 7, a liftable golf club head cover in accordance witha second preferred embodiment of the present invention is substantiallyconstructed in the same manner as the first preferred embodiment. Thedifference consists in that the holding device 2 can be made of a foammaterial, a polyethylene (PE) air bubble film, an ethyl vinyl acetate(EVA) plastic material, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) or a thermoplasticrubber (TBR), or any combination thereof. In addition, the holdingdevice 2 can be also made of a plastic material such as PU, CTC, and soforth. In addition, the holding device 2 has mounted therein an elasticdevice 24 with a shape conformal to the holding device 2. The secondpreferred embodiment is used in the same manner as the first preferredembodiment.

1. A liftable golf club head cover, comprising: a main body comprising abottom wall, a peripheral wall surrounding and extending outwardly fromsaid bottom wall, a top wall surrounding said peripheral wall, and anopen-type holding chamber defined by said bottom wall, said peripheralwall and said top wall, said top wall having an opening and a liftablelid disposed thereon, said liftable lid having one end fixed on one endof said top wall; and a holding device mounted on said main body, saidholding device having a supporting portion, a gap portion graduallynarrowed down from said supporting portion toward its center, and aholding chamber defined jointly by said supporting portion and said gapportion.
 2. A liftable golf club head cover of claim 1, wherein saidmain body has an assembled structure.
 3. A liftable golf club head coverof claim 1, wherein said main body has an integrally formed structure.4. A liftable golf club head cover of claim 1, wherein two magnetic barsare located respectively on the edges of said opening and said liftablelid and said magnetic bars are magnetically attractable to each other.5. A liftable golf club head cover of claim 1, wherein a hand-grasp partis disposed on the other end of said liftable lid.
 6. A liftable golfclub head cover of claim 1, wherein said holding device has mountedtherein an elastic device with a shape conformal to said holding device.